Zimbabwe:   CMEC, Govt On Collision Course

Financial Gazette, 7 November 2013

A delegation from China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), the company that won the tender to expand Hwange Power Station, jetted into the country last week for talks with… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   ZPC Close to Sealing Kariba Funding Deal

The Herald, 14 October 2013

THE Zimbabwe Power Company expects to conclude the funding agreement with China Export and Import Bank for the expansion of Kariba South hydropower plant before the end of this… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Time to Think Outside the Box on Electricity

The Herald, 4 October 2013

Zimbabwe's intermittent power supply has remained the economy's greatest undoing and it's about time we move from mere rhetoric to real action in terms of resolving the crisis. The… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Chinese Fund Solar Project

The Herald, 28 September 2013

A Chinese telecommunications company operating in the country has extended a concessionary loan to the Government to be channelled towards solar power projects. Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Mugabe Meets Chinese Foreign Minister

New Zimbabwe, 25 September 2013

CHINA will work with Zimbabwe and other African nations to push for greater development in the relations between the Asian country and the continent to benefit the two peoples,… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Work On Kariba South Begins

The Herald, 17 June 2013

PRELIMINARY work on the expansion of the Kariba South hydropower plant has begun with the topographical survey already finished. Read more »

Zimbabwe:   ZPC Boss Suspended

The Herald, 15 May 2013

ZIMBABWE Power Company managing director Mr Noah Gwariro has been suspended over his alleged opposition to the awarding of the tender for Hwange Power Station expansion to a more… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Battle for Batoka Hots Up

The Herald, 22 April 2013

A CONSORTIUM of Zimbabwean, Zambian and Chinese businesses has expressed interest to build the estimated US$4 billion Batoka Hydropower Project expected to produce 1 600 megawatts… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Debt Payment Clears Way for Kariba Expansion

Financial Gazette, 6 March 2013

PRELIMINARY work on the expansion of the Kariba South hydro power plant is now expected to begin after it emerged the US$27 million debt owed to a Chinese bank by Zimbabwe has been… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Kariba Power Project Set to Begin This Year

The Herald, 14 February 2013

THE construction of Kariba South Hydropower Station is likely to begin later this year, Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma said yesterday. A Chinese firm, Sino… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Kariba Power Expansion Contract Due for Signing

Financial Gazette, 19 December 2012

THE contract between the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and Chinese firm Sino Hydro Corporation Limited for the expansion of the Kariba South power plant is to be signed today, Read more »

Zimbabwe:   ZPC Seals Kariba Deal

The Herald, 20 December 2012

ZESA Holdings subsidiary Zimbabwe Power Company will this morning sign an engineering, procurement and construction agreement with Chinese firm Sino Hydro for the Kariba South… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Four Chinese Firms Bid for Kariba, Hwange Power Expansion

The Herald, 9 July 2012

ONLY four Chinese power companies submitted their bids for the expansion of Kariba South and Hwange Power stations from the 11 firms that had been shortlisted. Read more »

Zimbabwe:   China in Massive Investment Drive

Zimbabwe Independent, 7 June 2012

CHINA is set to invest massively in Zimbabwe's decaying water, power, and transport infrastructure, following the recent visit to Beijing by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and… Read more »